Primetime Emmy Awards 2012: Best and worst

CaptionEmmy fever gets a little too hot

Al Seib / Los Angeles Times

The 90-degree-plus temperatures in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday were brutal on the red carpet outside the Nokia Theatre, with one attendee collapsing and having to be carried off in a wheelchair. Never one to let a semi-serious moment get turned into mindless entertainment blather, KABC-TV Channel 7 pre-show co-host Rachel Smith lusted after one of the firemen.

The 90-degree-plus temperatures in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday were brutal on the red carpet outside the Nokia Theatre, with one attendee collapsing and having to be carried off in a wheelchair. Never one to let a semi-serious moment get turned into mindless entertainment blather, KABC-TV Channel 7 pre-show co-host Rachel Smith lusted after one of the firemen. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Sunday evening's other Jimmy, Jimmy Fallon, wasn't hosting (he's an NBC guy), but he didn't do himself any favors with his red carpet jokes that weren't even worthy of an open mike night. Gags about Amanda Bynes' driving and Clint Eastwood and empty chairs smelled like stuff rejected from the nightly monologue.

Sunday evening's other Jimmy, Jimmy Fallon, wasn't hosting (he's an NBC guy), but he didn't do himself any favors with his red carpet jokes that weren't even worthy of an open mike night. Gags about Amanda Bynes' driving and Clint Eastwood and empty chairs smelled like stuff rejected from the nightly monologue. (Arkasha Stevenson / Los Angeles Times)